Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-15
ECHOES OF THE HORROR.
MOANING WOUNDED, DYING STRUG-
Giles, FUNERAL STRAINS,

issued for large number of witnesses Cor
oner Long emphatically denies the report that
the jury had been made up with a friendly
eye toward the railroad company. He said
that before he issued his summons he CON
suited Postmaster Sears and Mayor Smith;
that the selections were made, with one ex-
ception, from the farmer element, and the
tone of the investigation, so far as it had
gone meant, if anything, that the jurors were
inclined to be against the corporation. Still
it might be set down for fact that the in
vestigation would be complete, and the YER
dict in accord with the testimony.
Death came Saturday TO the relief of two
more victims of what will pass into history
as the @Cbatsworth horror" Julia Valdeio,
the beautiful Peoria girl, who was reported
dead Friday, and about whom so much has
been written since the accident, died in the
town hall at O'Clock in the morning, and
almost simultaneously in the little hotel at
Piper's City, five miles away, Mrs. Valentine,
of Peoria, breathed her last, her only child, a
handsome, intelligent little fellow of six
years, being present. She was Ell route east
TO visit her mother 1t would have been her
first trip to her old home in many years.
When the crash came the boy was asleep in
his mothers arms With quick maternal
instinct she clasped her arms around him and
sprang toward the window The act saved
the child from even briise, but 1t cost the
mother her life
The body of Miss Valdejo was taken to
Peoria at noon in charge of her cousin E.
Beatnau, and that of Mrs Valentine, accom-
panied by her bereaved husband. left Piper
City for the same place later in the day. Six
of the injured who have been cared for at
Piper City were carried to Peoria in the
afternoon. The names of those removed were
B. F. Ayers and wife, of Washington, Ills :;
Mr. F. McDonouhg. William Ulrich, and l. G.
Rotterdam, of Peoria, and W B. Me
Denough, of McComb. Those remaining at
Piper City, in condition which will not ad-
init of their removal are the Misses Myra and
Emma Scott, injuries painful, but not serious;
G. r. StillweIl a merchant, Indiana limbs
crushed and rib and arm broken; J. A.
Smith and Miss Pearl Adams, of Peoria,
condition of both critical; Robert Reed,
Astoria; Thomas Lawrence, Colchester; Mrs
Strahan, Syracuse, n Y, whose son was
killed, J. Hicks, of Chillicothe, whose wife
was on the train and has not since been heard
of; Peter Munro and Antonio Debout, two
Italians, the latter badly hurt and J. c.
Otterman, Of LaHarpe, Ills. DR. W. c.
Auringer, of Detroit, who survived a fracture
of the ribs and leg, also lost one eye was
taken to Chebanse by his wife.
The injured at Chatsworth, with the excep-
ton of Mrs. Hansen and Miss Alter, of Fort
Madison Iowa, who are both on the high road
TO recovery, are in bad way Eaton Wal
ton of Peoria who was going to spend va
cation VIM his parents at Cottage, Chautau-
qua county, n Y, caunot possibly recover
He has hole as big as his wrist in the right
hip, and is suffering besides this from inter
nal injuries. Yet he greetS every new visitor
with hearty smile and assures them in a
strong, clear voice that nothing is the matter
and that he is getting along finely His
mother has been telegraphed for, much
against his will. "Thev say | will not live"
he said to your reporter, but will l start
ed to go home and III go there yet" and his
teeth set firm, while doomed look came on
his face. "That young fellow has more pluck
than ever saw, said the doctor as he turned
away, "and if it were not for the fact that
his wound has touched a vital spot it's dollars
to cents his pluck would do him as much good
as his medicine, if not more"
Mrs r H. Clark, of Rootstown, Ohio, lay
in comatose condition all day, her nurses
being reinforced by her sister Harriet and
her husband farming folks, of Scion, Ills
Homer Bond, of Colchester, has been at
tackled with lung fever, which, in addition
to his external and internal injuries, puts his
recovery out of the question, and Adam
Stromberg. of Peoria, is believed to be near
his end John H Stern, of Green Valley,
Ills. whose name has hitherto been missing
from the list of injured was found at farm
house about half mile from Chatsworth.
His injuries consist of broken leg and bad
cut in the abdomen but he viii recover
Engine No. q, which safely crossed the
burning bridge a second before the wreck,
came down with plumber of watches and a
quantity Of jewelry of various kinds, which
had been dug out of the debris, and fifty or
more unclaimed valiseS, satchels and bags
filled with wearing apparel and mscellane-
Gus assortment of articles, have been taken to
Peoria, where they will be held until
claimed
President Leonard and Superintendent
Armstrong have gone back to Peoria com
pletely worn out and unnerved by the strain
and labors of the past three days. Whatever
may be developed regarding the responsibility
of the management of the road for the acct
dent, it must be admitted that Mr.
Armstrong did heroic work at the
wreck, and that but for his presence
of mind the wreck would in all probability
have taken fire and the appalling character
of the situation and the loss of life been
trebled The shock of the collision threw
him out of the open window of his private
car and landed him ten feet away in the
ditch but with leap and jump he wa by
the side of the overturned locomotive and
piling handfuls of earth upon the burning
lais and timbers The escaping steam
scalded his left leg from the hip to the ankle.
but in spite of the pain he kept on with his
task until the danger had been removed, and
it was not until twenty four hours after that
he sought the services of physician.
Engineer Geo Schurtz of the T, p & W
SAYS that Nathan Fisher aud George Murphy,
of Peoria told him that they were in the
fated train in one of the sleeping cars, and
were among the first TO reach the culvert
after the catastrophe Both say they saw
five or SIX men run out of an ad iacent corn
field to the wreck, and they are positive the
men were robbers H. C, Taneyhill, a
valises. but was too busy looking after the
victims to interfere with them.
VIM. A Plnkerton is reported to have been
at the scene of the accident Thursday, acting
with the greatest secrecy and in communica-
ton with the railroad officials He is said to
have left for St LcJis Saturday morning
and it is asserted that he has two men under
surveillance
The fatality usually ascribed to the number
i3 was exemptfied in the accident. The en-.
giue on which Engineer McClintock lost his
life was No. H. Chair cars Nos IA and Is,
which were in the rear of passenger coach
No -, telescoped the latter coach, complete
ly razing everything off smooth from the roof
to the floor, and stopping but a few feet from
the front end. Thirteen bodies fearfully man
| gled We're taken from the coach No l3
The dead are still variously estimated, but
it may he set down as nearly correct, that
| there are seventy-six dead. In addition to
| the killeI there were 1919 persons dangerously
| in jured. Nearly every one of the 100 were